Beef stew is a winter standby around here, and last week was no exception. I’ve found that the best way to make beef stew is long and slow in the oven. Even better is to cook it for hours one night and then eat it the next with cream biscuits straight from the oven with [...]
Do you have standby meals? Ones you can make without looking at a recipe or worrying about having the ingredients on hand? Kahula Pork is one around here.
I originally got the recipe from Sugar Creek Farm, and we really haven’t altered it all, other than backing off a bit on the liquid smoke. It’s not [...]
We live in the Pacific Northwest and while we know that we’re blessed to have access to year round produce and a freezer and pantry full of local foods, we still miss citrus. Mike and I aren’t shy about buying organic California citrus when we crave it, or when a bit of lime or lemon [...]
The NY Times is part of my daily routine and I look forward to both the Home & Garden and Food & Wine section each week. This week though brought a great article in the Sunday magazine highlighting Soul Food Farm and the way their community came together to help them rebuild after a fire [...]
I keep meaning to make Deb’s mac n cheese for dinner, but then failing to do so. Last night was pizza and tonight turned out to be brats and cabbage on the stove.
The brats were left from our Fourth of July party and I quickly cooked them in beer and then cooked them off with [...]
Years ago Mike and I called in to work and went skiing on a pretty epic snow day. We ended up getting snowed in at Stevens Pass, unable to get back to Seattle at the end of the day. Late that evening the DOT opened the pass going East only and we made our way [...]
I took a quick jaunt up towards Rexville on Saturday to get some sweet corn for the freezer. While I was up there I remembered that Pleasant Ridge Farm opened on Labor Day and that I could swing by for apple cider - mmmm.
As I pulled up I realized that not only could I get [...]